CORRECTION: Queen Nanny appears on the Jamaican $500 bill not $5,000 - I was clearly subconsciously trying to manifest some wealth! Thank you to the kind viewers for the correction!

Very interesting. I am from Jamaica and I am still learning about our history. Thank you for this video Fayida.

Thank you so much for all these videos. My son and I are travelling around the world virtually-- and so far every country we have "visited" you have had a video for us. I hope you are making lots of money!

Why doesn't this channel have more views and subscribers? My God.

You packed a TON of info in 11 minutes! Thank you for your work

Great video! Well researched!

Thank you for making your videos; I find them very fascinating and they make learning about our past very easy. I am currently living in Canada but have been searching for some videos on Afro-Canadian and Jamaican Canadian etc I came across your video and I am pleased. Skin bleaching appears to be a cause of colorism in Jamaica, and it's a shame that some of us mentally bear this responsibility. We are all Africans who have been forced to flee their homelands across the globe. This is a fascinating subject. I was born and raised in Jamaica, and I am always curious about my country's roots. Fayida, thank you again for sharing this video.

Thank you for this video!

Big ups Fayida... You nailed it... Jamaican-American here... A lot of us don't know our history - Thank you for putting this on YT to educate the people.

phenomenal information thank you!!!

Thank you.

"Don't care where you come from as long as you are a black man you're an African" -Peter Tosh

Nice! Very informative would love to hear what you'd have on other Caribbean Islands such as Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, etc...

Great job!

Colourism remain in Jamaica with skin bleaching,it a shame

Great video Fayida. I confess that I have yet to watch the full series but have enjoyed all that I have watched. As the daughter of Jamaican Windrush parents I was curious to watch your Jamaican Edition. Loved it. You managed to include one or two facts that I didn’t know. And I can see how your presentations are evolving. X

Where's Barbados...? My Mom won't be happy. Dad loves this video tho...lol *"Too small to put on the playlist!"* He said. Please prove him wrong, for my Mommy 🙏🏽

Well informed video 🇯🇲

Thank you for your videos, I find them super interesting and is a really easy way to learn

Hey , love your videos

Nanny appears one the 500 dollar bill not five thousand. 5000 dollar bill is the last bill made in jamaica which was in 2009, and Jamaica's former prime minister The Honourable Hugh Shearer appears on it.

Very good

I think you do a good job on African Jamaicans

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Im not Jamaican but i admired the hell out of Garvey he was never more right about separate but equal AND YES SOMETIMES EVEN GOD GOTTA SIT DOWN WITH SATAN TO DRAW UP THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN HEAVEN HELL AND EARTH

One love my sister ❤

I'm mixed but have mainly Jamaican heritage. I've known for years of my Chinese, Scottish, Indian & Cuban heritage but never known which African tribe or which country my ancestors came from. I feel like it's the last piece of my puzzle so thanks for this video!

Hi Fayida, this was highly informative and I can tell that you did a lot of research! There are some little known facts that i' d like to share with you🙏 Arawakan is a language. The term Arawaks was applied by colonials and would have been a broad descriptive term encompassing many different ethnic groups. These groups included Lucayans, "Taino", Karibs, Warao and other groups situated along the Orinocco river in South America. The Taino also did not go extinct, they still practice many of their old ways and still speak Arawakan. They are slowly surfacing again. Jerk chicken is actually one of their inventions.. well actually, both themselves and maroons perfected it, with the Taino's "barbakoa" being the original inspiration. Many Taino are also Rasta, and as such, they do use Tobacco in varying degrees from time to time

im from the caribbean and i believe that the black people that live in the caribbean shouldnt be called afro caribbean because if black ppl were there first. white people came up with the name afro caribbean because they believe white founded the caribbean which they didnt. we should be called west indians because the tribes caribs and tainos was on the islands first.

My father is from Jamaica 🇯🇲

What are you mixed with?

that statement she made should be corrected to..... Appearing on the Jamaican $500 dollar bill, not 5000 $ bill.

Marcus Garvey was born in 19th century but he is famous in early 20th century of his UNIA organization during 1916 to 1920s but decline in the 1930s

what the one thing reggae and blues have in common, they both tell the stories of a frustrated group of people who are tired of their living standards. the only difference is one is In jamaica and one in America. it's only for the sake of the bible why we ain't seeing black people start rebelling again oh and because of the fear passed down to us. Yes, we are still carrying those fears our ancestors passed down to us even though history has shown that we don't get any changed and less we rebel.

Brilliant presentation Sister. However there are some groups of Rastafari who reject the Abrahamic religions in favour of a more older African retention. Your professionalism is clear and objective. Well done

I love my black people

4:20 Marcus Garvey was active during the 20th century not the 19th century.

We the first ranching culture in the Americas. Lot of these Afro Spanish Jamaicans first Vaqueros or Cowboys.

There is a lot of misinformation about the languages that contributed to Jamaican Patois, though it is quite understandable given that at one point there wasn't much information available. Having done my own research as well as being an actual speaker of the language, Jamaican Patois was primarily influenced by English, Irish, Scots and Welsh - Irish moreso, as well as various West African languages with Twi being most influential. There are also smaller bits of Taino, Hindi, Spanish and Portuguese. Contrary to what is widely believed, there are no French influences in Jamaican Patois other than the name itself, which was probably taken from the French during their brief occupation before they were driven off, but ironically it is because of the fact that they were driven off before they could colonize the island is why there are no French influences. And there are no influences from German, Chinese, and Syrians being as they came later and thus weren't present among the plantations. They also make up a much smaller percentage of the population.

No wonder Jamaicans and other islands love the cutlas haha 😂 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 my other being one lol

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All the people in the world who has beautiful dark skin, be proud of you hue. It’s funny that people tan to get dark!

There even Royal princess of Kingston

Alkaline and the teacha 😂

You've done a good job with this video (and others). However, there is a significant error at 3:53. What was abolished in 1807 was the slave trade; not slavery. The British parliament made it illegal to kidnap Africans and transport them to be sold into slavery in the Americas. Parliament did not make it illegal to hold Africans in bondage. That did not happen until 1838.

Haile Selassie died? We have to talk Queen

Run away to where if they were not from Jamaica how did they know where to run every enslaved story have same story word for word

No.... If anything you are a original Hebrew Jamaican....

I'm very happy about our Pan Africanism, in Jamaica its not perfect I know, but it's much better than other western Countries that seeks to cleans there population of blacks instead of embracing it eg. Brazil, Argentina, the great USA and Canada to a lesser extent, there are Caribbean Countries that embrace this type of thinking too eg. the Present PM of Trinidad&Tobaga Dr Kieth Rowlwy was said to be too black to become PM during the reign of former PM Kamala Persad Bissessar of Indian descent, in Jamaica, many people of Indian descent considers themselves black eg. popular Reggae DJ. Super Cat, there are others too who recognized there blackness proudly despite being of mixed race the Marley's for eg. starting with Bob himself, I do not condone skin bleaching, but those who does it, does not deny their Afro Origin, Jamaica has been unfairly targeted for this phenomenon, since it's hugely popular in man Countries especially India, Africa, S America, and the USA. EG check any Artist before and after of Afro origin in the USA especially the females like say Beyoncé, Rihanna, who we know is Bajan, but very much enshrined into the American culture.

I hate the term "afro-Jamaican" there is no such thing. The proper term is "Caribbean, West Indian or Black-Jamaican". I grew up I Jamaican and NEVER heard this term. Jamaicans do not refer to themselves as such.

The Indigenous Jamaican Indians was never riped out, otherwise myself my Grandparents would not have existed this including other Jamaicans who had this bloodline. I am sick and tired of hearing people saying this. There are many of us who exist from the Indigenous Tiano/Arawak Indians.

Why did you not include “Islam” in the religion?

Dat not true my girl , some are from england because at one al europe and and england was black

The money note is $500 for Nanny. Donald Sangster is $5000 note

They are Hebrew Israelites.

#Stop iluminati goberment

Hijack ideas its not true you need to do your resherch proparly please

It's actually a fact not a movement that enslaved black people all over the world are in fact descendants of the 12 lost tribes of Israel. If you read Deuteronomy there were blessing for Israel if we kept the laws of God and curses if we didn't. We are the only group of people that are suffering from the curses to a T. As far as Selassie he died and he never freed us so I guess that doesn't make him Jesus. Only the return of the real Jesus will free Gods chosen people from their worldwide oppression.

There is no racistism in Jamaica today I am a Jamaican who live in Jamaica you got that wrong.

You sure all slaves were "African"? The slaves may have come from Africa but not all "Black" slaves were "African", a huge population were descendants of "Black/Negro" American Indians brought to Africa as slaves or indentured servants then later then or their offsprings were transported back to the Americas as slaves or indentured servants as "African Cargo". A large population of slaves and indentured servants were American Indians from now called Central America & South America (Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil etc). Prior to European colonization the completion & other phenotypes of American Indians from North Canada down to south Chile were more similar to those of African decent or like the Aboriginals living in various parts of the world. Books in the Smithsonian, old published books from the early 1700s to late 1800s describe encountering American Indians once arriving in the Americas as near looking Africans and similar stores of Moore's in Europe. Yes, most Jamaicans have African ancestry but not everyone is a 100% descendant of the African slave trade the way most leaned it. An immigration or emigration story for an individual can be very unique. The only way to truly know "Your" background is to do genealogy research on your family going back at least a minimum of four generations (great-great-great-great grandparents) using official government documents like birth & death records, marriage records, census records, voting records etc. Don't let anyone tell you who you are if you haven't proven to yourself who who are or where infact your parents came from. Everyday, someone is migrating to another country for work or escaping hardship or forcefully.